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Question period focused on housing affordability and the government’s housing construction record. The Conservatives asked where the results are, saying the Prime Minister promised to build close to 500,000 homes a year but the new Build Canada Homes agency is expected to build far fewer, that home prices have risen since 2015, and that only another federal housing bureaucracy has been created. Liberal ministers responded that Bill C-20, the Build Canada Homes Act, had just passed the Senate, that rents have fallen for 20 consecutive months across the country, and said the Conservatives’ record on housing, including their leader’s comments about co-op and modular housing, disqualifies them on the issue.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Scott Aitchison

Conservative
“The Prime Minister promised to build 500,000 homes a year, but his new agency will only build 5,000. Home prices have gone up 28% since 2015, and Canada has the worst housing affordability in the G7. I want the Prime Minister to defend his record.”
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Mr. Speaker, where are the results? The Prime Minister promised to double the pace of housing construction to almost 500,000 new homes a year, but his own budget watchdog said his new $13-billion housing agency will build only about 5,000 homes. The CMHC’s chief economist pointed this week to “weaker momentum for future supply”. Meanwhile, Canada’s home prices are up 28% since 2015. Canada has the worst housing affordability in all of the G7. My question is simple. Will the Prime Minister stand and defend his record?

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Jennifer McKelvie

Liberal
“The Senate just passed a bill to help lower housing costs and rent. Rent has now dropped for 20 months in a row across Canada, including in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia.”

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Mr. Speaker, I would like to share the good news that the build Canada homes act, Bill C-20, has just passed the Senate. This is another great initiative we have under way to bring down the cost of housing and, in particular, rent. I would like to share that rents have fallen for 20 consecutive month and are down nearly 8% from their peak last year. We are seeing them decline in a number of provinces, including decreases of 1.8% in Quebec, 3.9% in Alberta, 5.7% in British Columbia and 6% in Ontario, where the member is from.

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Scott Aitchison

Conservative

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“The Prime Minister promised to build homes quickly, but he has only created more government offices. Housing costs and debt are up, home building is slowing down, and fewer homes are being built. I want to know where the results are.”
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Mr. Speaker, the member just described what happens in a recession. The fact is that Canadians need results. This Prime Minister promised results. In fact, he promised to build at a speed not seen in a generation, but all he has delivered in his first year is a third federal housing bureaucracy with no targets, no timelines and no results. He has given Canadians higher costs, higher debt and fewer homes. His regular news conferences in front of that housing construction project in the south end of Ottawa every Monday are not going to fool Canadians much longer. Home construction is slowing. The crisis is getting worse. Where are the results?

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Wayne Long

Liberal
“The Conservatives cannot be trusted on housing. Their leader insulted middle-class and co-op homes, made fun of modular housing, and told his MPs not to ask for federal housing money for their areas. We are going to build homes.”

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Mr. Speaker, that is from a party whose leader actually called middle-class housing shacks and co-op housing Soviet-style. He has members who mocked modular housing, and that leader actually had the audacity to tell his members not to advocate for housing accelerator funds that would have helped housing construction in their ridings. That leader and that party have no credibility when it comes to housing. On this side, we are going to build, baby, build.

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